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Date of Patent:
Mar. 01, 2016

Filed:

May. 16, 2014
Applicant:

Kabushiki Kaisha Toshiba, Minato-ku, Tokyo, JP;

Inventor:

Takahiro Arai, Ome, JP;

Assignee:
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G06F 3/02 (2006.01); G06F 3/0488 (2013.01); G06F 3/041 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G06F 3/02 (2013.01); G06F 3/041 (2013.01); G06F 3/04883 (2013.01); G06F 3/04886 (2013.01); G06F 2203/04808 (2013.01);
Abstract

According to one embodiment, an electronic apparatus includes a touch panel, a display, a key detection module, a keyboard display module and a transmission module. The key detection module is configured to detect a touch and a release of a key of a software keyboard, based on touch detection on the touch panel. The transmission module is configured to transmit data indicative of key-down of a first key in accordance with touch detection of the first key, to transmit data indicative of key-down of a second key in accordance with touch detection of the second key in a state in which the first key is touched, and then to transmit data indicative of key-up of the first key and the second key in accordance with release detection of the first key and the second key.


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